Mars rover finds a meteorite on Mars
22 January 2005
by Richard
Conan-Davies
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The NASA/JPL Mars rover Opportunity disocovered the first meteorite on another planet. This classic specimen dubbed "Heat Shield Rock" on the sandy dunes of Mars was about the size of a basket ball and mostly made of nickle and iron Dr. Steve Squyres of Cornell University explained that "I never thought we would get to use our instruments on a rock from someplace other than Mars," In someways this was surprising finding but not totally unexpected. |
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